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Crooked Seeds (Karen Jennings) – book review

Robert Goodman5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

Crooked Seeds by Booker-prize longlisted author Karen Jennings is a dark indictment of white South Africa and the legacy of apartheid. Centred around an irredeemably self-centred character, Jennings takes readers into a possible future South Africa while also interrogating the sins of the past. The opening of Crooked Seeds clearly draws on the recent South…

The Wound – movie review

David Edwards7 years ago7 years ago04 mins

From South African filmmaker John Trengrove comes the controversial film, The Wound. It’s about a group of teenage boys of Xhosa background. They’re are taken to a remote bushland for their manhood initiation ceremony of ulwaluko – a circumcision. Mentors, who have previously undergone the secret ritual, are on hand to help the boys through…

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Crooked Seeds (Karen Jennings) – book review

The Wound – movie review